In an article creatively titled, “Gore sets energy goal for next president to heed” By Ron Fournier and Dina Cappiello, Al Gore once again does his best to stay in the public’s eye because he is a pathetic loser who really needs love. This is from the Associated Press, whose words are in bold.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years, an audacious goal he hopes the next president will embrace.
This goal is not achievable. Not even in California. This goal is stupid and should not have been stated. Al Gore is an attention hungry douche.
The Nobel Prize-winning former vice president said fellow Democrat Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain are "way ahead" of most politicians in the fight against global climate change.
Global climates change all the time. With or without us. The sun has a lot to do with it, I’ve heard.
Rising fuel costs, climate change and the national security threats posed by U.S. dependence on foreign oil are conspiring to create "a new political environment" that Gore said will sustain bold and expensive steps to wean the nation off fossil fuels.
The problem here is that Gore is right. Instead of letting the natural forces of supply and demand determine whether or not alternative energy is the way to go, governments are subsidizing alternative energy companies and as such, are making their products seem cheaper and more efficient than they really are. This kind of bullshit is why I wish I owned a time machine.
"I have never seen an opportunity for the country like the one that's emerging now," Gore told The Associated Press in an interview previewing a speech on global warming he planned to give Thursday in Washington.
It’s funny how a poor man’s super-shitty economic collapse can be a rich man’s opportunity.
Gore said he fully understands the magnitude of the challenge.
I assure you that he does not.
The Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan group he leads, estimates the cost of transforming the U.S. to clean electricity sources at $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion over 30 years in public and private money. But he says it would cost about as much to build greenhouse gas-polluting coal plants to satisfy current demand.
I love how Gore challenges the next president to have all our electricity come from alternative sources in ten years, but yet his own numbers assume thirty years to achieve the same goal. His unique brand of bullshit really is hypocritical.
"This is an investment that will pay itself back many times over," Gore said. "It's an expensive investment but not compared to the rising cost of continuing to invest in fossil fuels."
That is an unfair statement that assumes the entirety of future markets. Gore is apparently clairvoyant and all-seeing. Too bad he didn’t see that election thing coming, huh?
Called an alarmist by conservatives, Gore has made global warming his signature issue. He portrayed Thursday's speech as the latest and most important phase in his effort to build public opinion in favor of alternative fuels.
Gore knows politicians fear action unless voters are willing to sacrifice — and demand new fuels.
So Gore is demanding that voters demand new fuels. It’s an interesting strategy but it just might work.
"I hope to contribute to a new political environment in this country that will allow the next president to do what I think the next president is going to think is the right thing to do," Gore said. "But the people have to play a part." He compared his challenge to Kennedy's pledge in May 1961 to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
“I’m just like Kennedy,” Gore added. “Except, people liked Kennedy.”
Gore narrowly lost the presidential race in 2000 to then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush after a campaign in which his prescient views on climate change took a back seat to other issues. In the 2008 presidential race, both the Republican and Democrat candidates support action to curb the gasses blamed for global warming.
In my opinion, these gasses are unfairly blamed. I am not a scientist however. Oh, and while we’re here, neither is Al Gore. No matter how many Noble Prizes he wins.
While dismissing a suggestion that he pulled his punches eight years ago, Gore said his goal now is to "enlarge the political space" within which politicians can "deal with the climate challenge."
“Basically,” said Gore. “I just want attention.”
To meet his 10-year goal, Gore said nuclear energy output would continue at current levels while the U.S. dramatically increases its use of solar, wind, geothermal and clean coal energy. Huge investments must also be made in technologies that reduce energy waste and link existing power grids, he said.
Fucking. Impossible.
Gore's proposal would represent a significant shift in where the U.S. gets its power. In 2005, the United States produced nearly 3.7 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, with coal providing slightly more than half of that energy, according to government statistics. Nuclear power accounted for 21 percent, natural gas 15 percent and renewable sources, including wind and solar, about 8.6 percent.
Coal's share of electricity generation is only expected to grow come 2030, according to Energy Department forecasts, while renewable energy would still only provide 11 percent of the nation's power.
This is because renewable energy technology sucks and coal still works.
Without action, the cost of oil will continue to rise as fast-growing China and India increase demand, Gore said. Sustained addiction to oil also will place the U.S. at the mercy of oil-producing governments, he said, and the globe would suffer irreparable harm.
Or you know, the US could drill for more oil, create a refinery or two, maybe even allow off-shore drilling. Just saying.
Government experts recently predicted that, at the current rate and without an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, world energy demand will grow 50 percent over the next two decades. The Energy Information Administration also said in its long-range forecast to 2030 that the world is not close to abandoning fossil fuels despite their role in global warming.
Alleged role, please. Gore has proven nothing.
While electricity production is only part of the nation's energy and climate change problem, Gore said, "If we meet this challenge we will solve the rest of it."
“And I’ll get to stay on television,” shouted an enthusiastic douchebag, ex-vice-president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as John F. Kennedy set his sights on the moon, Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years, an audacious goal he hopes the next president will embrace.
This goal is not achievable. Not even in California. This goal is stupid and should not have been stated. Al Gore is an attention hungry douche.
The Nobel Prize-winning former vice president said fellow Democrat Barack Obama and Republican rival John McCain are "way ahead" of most politicians in the fight against global climate change.
Global climates change all the time. With or without us. The sun has a lot to do with it, I’ve heard.
Rising fuel costs, climate change and the national security threats posed by U.S. dependence on foreign oil are conspiring to create "a new political environment" that Gore said will sustain bold and expensive steps to wean the nation off fossil fuels.
The problem here is that Gore is right. Instead of letting the natural forces of supply and demand determine whether or not alternative energy is the way to go, governments are subsidizing alternative energy companies and as such, are making their products seem cheaper and more efficient than they really are. This kind of bullshit is why I wish I owned a time machine.
"I have never seen an opportunity for the country like the one that's emerging now," Gore told The Associated Press in an interview previewing a speech on global warming he planned to give Thursday in Washington.
It’s funny how a poor man’s super-shitty economic collapse can be a rich man’s opportunity.
Gore said he fully understands the magnitude of the challenge.
I assure you that he does not.
The Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan group he leads, estimates the cost of transforming the U.S. to clean electricity sources at $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion over 30 years in public and private money. But he says it would cost about as much to build greenhouse gas-polluting coal plants to satisfy current demand.
I love how Gore challenges the next president to have all our electricity come from alternative sources in ten years, but yet his own numbers assume thirty years to achieve the same goal. His unique brand of bullshit really is hypocritical.
"This is an investment that will pay itself back many times over," Gore said. "It's an expensive investment but not compared to the rising cost of continuing to invest in fossil fuels."
That is an unfair statement that assumes the entirety of future markets. Gore is apparently clairvoyant and all-seeing. Too bad he didn’t see that election thing coming, huh?
Called an alarmist by conservatives, Gore has made global warming his signature issue. He portrayed Thursday's speech as the latest and most important phase in his effort to build public opinion in favor of alternative fuels.
Gore knows politicians fear action unless voters are willing to sacrifice — and demand new fuels.
So Gore is demanding that voters demand new fuels. It’s an interesting strategy but it just might work.
"I hope to contribute to a new political environment in this country that will allow the next president to do what I think the next president is going to think is the right thing to do," Gore said. "But the people have to play a part." He compared his challenge to Kennedy's pledge in May 1961 to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
“I’m just like Kennedy,” Gore added. “Except, people liked Kennedy.”
Gore narrowly lost the presidential race in 2000 to then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush after a campaign in which his prescient views on climate change took a back seat to other issues. In the 2008 presidential race, both the Republican and Democrat candidates support action to curb the gasses blamed for global warming.
In my opinion, these gasses are unfairly blamed. I am not a scientist however. Oh, and while we’re here, neither is Al Gore. No matter how many Noble Prizes he wins.
While dismissing a suggestion that he pulled his punches eight years ago, Gore said his goal now is to "enlarge the political space" within which politicians can "deal with the climate challenge."
“Basically,” said Gore. “I just want attention.”
To meet his 10-year goal, Gore said nuclear energy output would continue at current levels while the U.S. dramatically increases its use of solar, wind, geothermal and clean coal energy. Huge investments must also be made in technologies that reduce energy waste and link existing power grids, he said.
Fucking. Impossible.
Gore's proposal would represent a significant shift in where the U.S. gets its power. In 2005, the United States produced nearly 3.7 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, with coal providing slightly more than half of that energy, according to government statistics. Nuclear power accounted for 21 percent, natural gas 15 percent and renewable sources, including wind and solar, about 8.6 percent.
Coal's share of electricity generation is only expected to grow come 2030, according to Energy Department forecasts, while renewable energy would still only provide 11 percent of the nation's power.
This is because renewable energy technology sucks and coal still works.
Without action, the cost of oil will continue to rise as fast-growing China and India increase demand, Gore said. Sustained addiction to oil also will place the U.S. at the mercy of oil-producing governments, he said, and the globe would suffer irreparable harm.
Or you know, the US could drill for more oil, create a refinery or two, maybe even allow off-shore drilling. Just saying.
Government experts recently predicted that, at the current rate and without an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, world energy demand will grow 50 percent over the next two decades. The Energy Information Administration also said in its long-range forecast to 2030 that the world is not close to abandoning fossil fuels despite their role in global warming.
Alleged role, please. Gore has proven nothing.
While electricity production is only part of the nation's energy and climate change problem, Gore said, "If we meet this challenge we will solve the rest of it."
“And I’ll get to stay on television,” shouted an enthusiastic douchebag, ex-vice-president
3 comments:
"Gore said he fully understands the magnitude of the challenge.
I assure you that he does not."
I like your style Mr. Knees.
will the snippets be back as well?
Man-bear-pig!
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